longitudinal section

Related Words

• Longitudinal

  ·noun A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail. II. Longitudinal ·adj Of or pertaining to lon...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Section

  ·noun A part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice. II. Section ·noun The act of...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• section

  A distinct part of a city, town, country or people; a part of a territory separated by geographical ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• section

  A draught or figure representing the internal parts of a ship cut by a plane at any particular place...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• transverse section

  A 'thwart-ship view of any part of a ship when cut by a plane at right angles to the keel. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• load water-section

  A horizontal section at the load water-line in the ship-builder's draught. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book